John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”

Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

This is Deejay. He wanted to offer you a big nose and tiny tongue during this trying time. 14/10 (IG: deejayelgolden)

*stares longingly*

Went to the zoo for my dad’s birthday and the goats were all dressed up in their little winter outfits.

I don't think I have fully appreciated until the last few days that I really have lost a significant amount of weight. I have such mixed feelings about the whole process that I didn't really pay attention until leggings, my favorite skirt, thigh highs, and sweatpants won't stay pulled up 😅

A developing Arcyria slime mold. NWT, Canada. Specimen is about 1cm high. #myxo #slimemold #fungifriends

Chocolate tube slime mold on a sprig..of moss. Stemonitis sp. NWT, Canada. Slime mold is about 2cm wide. #slime #myxo #fungifriends

goooood morning it is cool and damp and this little lady had a real good sniffari…so yes, as usual: Lucy Loved That Walk

Everything is a lot. I'm about to read and fall asleep, but in case you need to see it here is Aristotle in his blanket fort after Emmaline the Ancient didn't want to play with him.

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

This moray's home is off the southern shore of Liuqiu Island, southwest of Taiwan. Taken with my Sony RX100 Mark IV, Nauticam housing, wide-angle wet lens and YS-D3 strobe. #marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #scuba #eastcoastkin #photography

"Bluesky is an echo chamber." "Bluesky doesn't have enough reach" "Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right" I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.

The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff

Posting the sign so I can tap it when necessary.

It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through. Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!

Hello #BlueSkyArtShow one of my #FavoriteThings is watching a #thunderstorm roll over the #MojaveDesert at #night . #clouds #storm #desert #JoshuaTrees #lightning #stars #landscapephotography #scapes

Dog

I will always love Burn After Reading

I swear it is always the snowy days when I drive around and think it's not that bad out that become a big clusterfuck on the interstates. Makes me wonder if I'm a bad judge of it, or if people get lulled into complacency.

something that has brought me a great deal of peace in my life is my belief that it is not nor will it ever be my problem what my hair looks like from the back. that’s not part of my reality. it can’t affect me.

We can’t afford a $1M trailer slot 😔 But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️ If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!

NICE

I was subjected to (part) of Four Christmases today and I am NOT made for Rom Coms anymore

I cackled

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

goooood morning it’s another foggy one up here on the hill, and this little lady ran into a family of raccoons - but everyone was startled and no one was harmed, so all in all: Lucy Loved That Walk

I loved talking to Lindsay Adams for this piece. If you are in DC, check her out at the Irene and Richard Frary gallery at the John Hopkins Bloomberg Center.

HOW DO YOU ASSESS WHAT A SPOILER IS, AMAZON An LLM, and I cannot emphasize this enough, cannot discern what a "SPOILER" is

Look I’m just gonna say it: it’s difficult for me to believe that this level of disrespect is not tied to this series being about gay people. I’m the first one to talk about how much privilege white ppl have in this space, but I can’t imagine this level of casual for a het book becoming a smash hit

This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.

Honestly something that drives me nuts is “baby’s first” being a criticism at all. I loved that E33 was a love letter to tons of games I’ve played. People who are unfamiliar with those games that love it despite not seeing the homage? That’s called being -accessible- and is a GOOD THING.

Mark Cuban has the same problem as all billionaires. He's *literally* living in a different reality than you or me. He's got no idea how basic things work (or how much they cost!) because for him it's a non-issue he never has to consider. He hasn't thought about the price of *anything* for decades.

Alrighty! Plantar fasciitis time! So, do you get heel pain? Is that pain worse in the morning when you take your first steps, or really bad when you get up from resting? Congrats: you may have plantar fasciitis! The plantar fascia is the connective tissue supporting your arch.

Bunions: Your big toes (hallux) have two joints: the joint just above your nail (the interphalangeal joint/IPJ) and the joint that connects your big toe to the first metatarsal, called the metatarsophlangeal joint (MPJ). The MPJ is the spot where a bony lump can appear.

1. Here's one that pops up all of the time. LEAVE. YOUR. CUTICLES. ALONE. Don't have them removed, cut, picked at, or manipulated. Cuticles are like the protective food wrap you would use for your leftovers: they keep nasties out of your nail bed and prevent nail infections/paronychia.

I mean TIME could have given Person of the Year to “The Humble Capybara”

i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.

I don’t know if it’s his best, but this is the one I think about first and most often.

I could use a laugh this morning, so: what are y'all's favorite Far Side cartoons?

This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.

Two cats, seemingly 12 legs.

These trees look like Jimmy Hendrix & Claude Monet did a collab, but this is just what the rainbow eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta) looks like every day: fabulous. The only 'rainforest' eucalyptus, it's native to the Philippines & Indonesia, but introduced in Hawaii, Florida & California.

As of today, the only person in this Daily Penn visual that hasn't been fined millions of dollars or convicted of a felony is Luigi Mangione, believe it or not

DOG! IN! THE! CLUB!

It's that time of year again